Humphreys Concerts by the Bay isn’t morphing into the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, especially not with a 2013 lineup that features such decidedly non-Coachella-oriented artists as Steely Dan, Diana Krall and Bill Cosby. But the first two headliners of this year’s Humphreys season — the Scottish post-punk-rock band Franz Ferdinand and the Canadian indie-rock duo Tegan and Sara — are performing at Coachella this month. So are their respective opening acts at Humphreys, Palma Violets and Stars.

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Perhaps even more intriguing, Franz Ferdinand’s Humphreys season kickoff show on April 15 will be the first in the 1,450-seat venue’s four-decade history for which all tickets available will be general admission, standing-room-only. Tickets for all of the other shows in this year’s 32nd season lineup, which includes such legends as Willie Nelson, Buddy Guy and Joan Rivers, are entirely reserved seating.

“This is very unusual for us,” acknowledged Richard Bartell, the president of Bartell Hotels, which owns the concert series, the adjacent Humphreys Restaurant and Half Moon Inn & Suites, and six other San Diego area hotels. “Franz Ferdinand’s fan base is accustomed to, and expects, general admission, and that’s what we’re providing.”

If the Franz Ferdinand performance goes well, additional seat-free, general-admission shows could be in store at the intimate Shelter Island venue, which this year celebrates its 32nd anniversary.

“Coachella is the reason we have Franz Ferdinand and Tegan and Sara, and I totally think that doing our first general admission concert will help us get more shows like this,” said John Wojas, who is booking the Humphrey’s series for the seventh consecutive year.

Wojas is the vice president of AEG Live, which owns a controlling interest in Valley View Casino Center (formerly the San Diego Sports Arena) and has an exclusive contract to book Humphrey’s. AEG also owns Goldenvoice, the Los Angeles-based company that produces the Coachella festival.

Asked if the AEG connection gave Humphrey’s an advantage in acquiring Coachella acts for Humphreys, Wojas replied: “Absolutely. I’ve always wanted to do a general admission show here because it’s a way to keep Humphreys new and fresh.”

Two other Coachella artists from recent years of the festival, Erykah Badu and Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, are also set to perform at Humphreys this year.

The rest of the venue’s 2013 new season offers a mix of longtime Humphreys favorites — including America, Chicago and the Doobie Brothers — with such newcomers to the venue as Colombian superstar Juanes, neo-soul dynamo D’Angelo, Candian pop singer Carly Rae Jepsen and the a cappella group Straight No Chaser.

"The best part about booking Humphreys is I never feel limited by genre or the size of the act," Wojas said. "That's why, on this year's schedule, you see Willie Nelson, D’Angelo, Tegan & Sara, Steely Dan, Juanes and Grace Potter."

Wojas used to book the since-discontinued Viejas Concerts in the Park series in Alpine, which was one of Humphreys' biggest competitors in bidding for top music attractions.